Great Leader Quotes - Page 15

• My height doesn't define my skill set. To be a great quarterback, you have to have great leadership, great attention to detail and a relentless competitive nature - and I try to bring that on a daily basis.

  Russell Wilson

  Skills, Trying, Details

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• The price that must be paid for mastery is discipline. No one achieves lasting success without it. So from the moment you awake each day, devote yourself to the perfection of whatever you pursue. Do this and you will achieve self-mastery. Achieve self-mastery and you will have the makings of a great leader... Discipline is all about cultivating powerful habits that become part of your lifestyle.

  Robin Crow

  Powerful, Self, Discipline

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• More people can be great leaders than think they can, but they need a purpose greater than themselves.

  William J. Clinton

  Thinking, People, Leader

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• Socrates had a student named Plato, Plato had a student named Aristotle, and Aristotle had a student named Alexander the Great.

  Old Tom Morris

  Leadership, Plato, Students

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• All companies of any size have to continue to push to make sure you get the right leaders, the right team, the right people to be fast acting, and fast moving in the marketplace. We've got great leaders, and we continue to attract and promote great new leaders.

  Steve Ballmer

  Team, Moving, People

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• America somehow thinks that leadership relates to governance, and it certainly does. But society is much bigger than governance, and some of the truly great leadership of our society is outside the governance arena.

  Jim Leach

  Thinking, America, Doe

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• All great leaders find a sense of balance through their levels of reception. For instance, those who support a leader may soften him, those who ignore him may challenge him, and those who oppose him may stroke his ego.

  Criss Jami

  Support, Leader, Ego

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.72, Criss Jami

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• Great leadership is not the visit of an unexpected fate but rather a flame which is kept burning in spite of the winds of risk and opposition.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Leadership, Fate, Flames

  Mary Anne Radmacher (2008). “Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life”, Conari Press

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• Great leaders are never too proud to learn.

  John Donahoe

  Leader, Proud

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• Would anybody be offended if we gave a $150 million bonus to Gandhi? How about a $250 million bonus to Mother Teresa? Do we have an issue with that? None at all. None at all. Great leaders would never sacrifice the people to save the numbers. They would sooner sacrifice the numbers to save the people.

  Simon Sinek

  Motivational, Mother, Sacrifice

  "Why good leaders make you feel safe". TED Talk, www.ted.com. March 2014.

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• Great leadership is not attained by pursuing greatness but by persevering through great tests.

  Myles Munroe

  Greatness, Tests, Great Leadership

  Myles Munroe (2014). “The Power of Character in Leadership: How Values, Morals, Ethics, and Principles Affect Leaders”, p.136, Whitaker House

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• The great leader attracts to himself men of kindred character, drawing them towards him as the loadstone draws iron.

  Samuel Smiles

  Leadership, Character, Men

  Samuel Smiles (1872). “Character”, p.17

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• Dada was given the Venus of Milo a clyster and has allowed the Laocoön and his sons to rest awhile, after thousands of years of struggle with the good sausage Python. The philosophers are of less use to Dada than an old toothbrush, and it leaves them on the scrap heap for the great leaders of the world.

  Hans Arp

  Struggle, Son, Python

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• At the heart of great leadership is a curious mind, heart, and spirit.

  Chip Conley

  Heart, Mind, Great Leadership

  "2011: The Year of Curiosity" By Chip Conley, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 20, 2010.

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• The times in which we're currently living unfortunately, our great leader [George W. Bush] is such a disaster and the entire country is in disastrous shape because of him. It's very frightening, actually, to think that this country has become what it's become and that so many people voted for a man like that. It's terrifying.

  Lauren Bacall

  Country, Men, Thinking

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• All of the great leaders down through history have told us we become what we think about. In fact, they have been in complete and unanimous agreement on this point while they disagree on almost every other point. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people rarely think, they simply accept what they see or hear. The next time someone gives you a suggestion, rather than simply accepting and acting on the suggestion - THINK - exercise your reasoning factor. Ask yourself if the suggestion will improve the quality of your life.

  Bob Proctor

  Exercise, Thinking, Agreement

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Jan 17, 2012

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• Authenticity is about imperfection. And authenticity is a very human quality. To be authentic is to be at peace with your imperfections. The great leaders are not the strongest, they are the ones who are honest about their weaknesses. The great leaders are not the smartest; they are the ones who admit how much they don't know. The great leaders can't do everything; they are the ones who look to others to help them. Great leaders don't see themselves as great; they see themselves as human.

  Simon Sinek

  Imperfection, Leader, Quality

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• Great leaders don't try to please everyone. Great leaders don't water down their message in order to make the tribe a bit bigger. Instead, they realize that a motivated, connected tribe in the midst of a movement is far more powerful than a larger group could ever be.

  Seth Godin

  Powerful, Order, Water

  Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.67, Penguin

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• Every great leader of the past, whose record I have examined, was beset by difficulties and met with temporary defeat before 'arriving

  Napoleon Hill

  Past, Temporary Defeat, Leader

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• People are more inclined to be drawn in if their leader has a compelling vision. Great leaders help people get in touch with their own aspirations and then will help them forge those aspirations into a personal vision.

  John P. Kotter

  People, Leader, Vision

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• Be wary of great leaders.

  Pete Seeger

  Leader

  "Pete Seeger dies aged 94" by Alexandra Topping, www.theguardian.com. January 28, 2014.

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• Great leaders are willing to retire unloved and unpopular as the price for great exertion.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Leader, Retiring, Exertion

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• You talk about seeing around corners as an element of success. That's what differentiates the good leader. Not many people have it. Not many people can predict that corner. That would be a characteristic of great leaders.

  Jack Welch

  People, Leader, Would Be

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• ...all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.

  Moliere

  Dance, Skills, Dancing

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• He's very competitive and knows what he wants. He has developed toughness in character and that is what is needed for Indian cricket. Ganguly has proved to be one of the best captains. He has now acquired great leadership qualities.

  Steve Waugh

  Character, Quality, Want

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